Trump declares end of Gaza war as last Israeli hostages swapped for Palestinian detainees

People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Picture: AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gazaon Monday under a ceasefire deal, and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as US President Donald Trump declared the end of the two-year-long war that has upended the broader Middle East.

Hours later, Mr Trump convened Muslim and European leaders in Egypt to discuss the future of the Gaza Strip and the possibility of a wider regional peace, even as Hamas and Israel, both absent from the gathering, are yet to agree on the next steps.